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Recent articles about Earl Watsonen-usEarl Watson fired by Phoenix SunsEarl Watson has been fired as head coach of the Phoenix Suns just three games into the season, according to a report.ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the news about Watson’s firing. The Suns are 0-3 following a blowout loss to the Clippers on Saturday night. They have the day off Sunday before hosting the Kings on Monday night.Watson took over the Suns two seasons ago as an interim coach replacing Jeff Hornacek. He went 9-24 as an interim coach, then 24-58 as the coach for the full season last year. His team was 0-3 this season. Jay Triano is reportedly expected to take over on an interim basis.The Suns have been unable to find success since firing Mike D’Antoni after the ’07-’08 season. They’ve only had two winning seasons since then, made the playoffs just once, and have had five head coaches (when you include interim coaches).News of Watson’s firing comes the same day that Eric Bledsoe sent a tweet raising suspicion about his desire to remain with the team.22 Oct 2017 18:00:58 -0400http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_reportedly_fired_by_phoenix_suns/s1_127_24838601
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_reportedly_fired_by_phoenix_suns/s1_127_24838601Earl Watson fired by Phoenix Sunshttp://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_reportedly_fired_by_phoenix_suns/s1_127_24838601http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/6/d61ffff96932ed0b3f5711b16cdb2b4739617ab5/top_story/9978018.jpgEarl Watson defends padding Devin Booker’s statsPhoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson doesn’t seem to care what your reaction is to his tactics in helping Devin Booker score 70 points on Friday night in a loss to the Boston Celtics.Watson was still calling timeouts with under 45 seconds left and his team down 13 points to try getting Booker to 70 points. That left some Celtics irritated during and after the game.Booker acknowledged after the game that Watson was trying to help boost his stats and said the coach was unconcerned. Watson’s message is that he doesn’t care about feelings; he’s only interested in developing his team. “I’m not coming to any arena just happy to be there or trying to be liked,” Watson said after the game. “I don’t care about being liked. I really don’t care, to be honest with you. We’re trying to build something with this young group. People don’t like it while we build it? So what, do something about it.“It’s about letting our kids be great. You got a problem with that? Do something — simple as that.”Watson knows his team isn’t goin24 Mar 2017 23:19:25 -0400http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_defends_padding_devin_bookers_stats/s1_127_23552206
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_defends_padding_devin_bookers_stats/s1_127_23552206Earl Watson defends padding Devin Booker’s statshttp://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_defends_padding_devin_bookers_stats/s1_127_23552206http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/e/5e5533f967fa04b680e6db6879c8f547b3d4ebdd/top_story/9848323.jpgWatson: Kerr advocating medical weed is a 'slippery slope'Phoenix Suns head coach Earl Watson isn’t exactly on the same page as Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr when it comes to the medical marijuana discussion.
As most are likely aware by now, Kerr made headlines when he admitted he used cannabis a couple of times to help him cope with extreme chronic back pain. He also made it clear that, while the medicine did not agree with him personally, it is a much safer option than opiod drugs that are harmful to the body and can become incredibly addictive (more on that here).
When asked about his thoughts on the matter, Watson took a different approach, preaching caution.
“I think our rhetoric on it has to be very careful because you have a lot of kids where I’m from that’s reading this, and they think [marijuana use is] cool,” Watson told ESPN on Saturday after the Suns’ 138-109 loss to the Warriors. “It’s not cool. Where I’m from, you don’t get six fouls to foul out. You get three strikes. One strike leads to another. I’m just being honest with you, so you04 Dec 2016 12:07:36 -0500http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_steve_kerr_advocating_medical_marijuana_a_slippery_slope/s1_12680_22604569
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_steve_kerr_advocating_medical_marijuana_a_slippery_slope/s1_12680_22604569Watson: Kerr advocating medical weed is a 'slippery slope'http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_steve_kerr_advocating_medical_marijuana_a_slippery_slope/s1_12680_22604569http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/3/e3153b6b25b383f52dc3d86124152083356ee0e3/top_story/9680867.jpgSuns coach doesn't want players following opponents on TwitterPhoenix Suns coach Earl Watson wants his players to take a pretty firm approach to fraternizing with the opposition.
Watson said Sunday that he doesn’t want his players admiring their opponents – which means, apparently, they should not be following them on Twitter.
Earl Watson said the Suns should respect opponents but not admire them. He doesn't like Suns to follow opponents on Twitter. #SunsVsWarriors
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) October 30, 2016
Watson surely knows that there is nothing he can really do about his players who may have friends on opposing teams. It doesn’t make much sense that following opponents on Twitter would have any impact on his own players.
Of course, Watson has some rather unique values that he wants to instill in his team. This is just another example. It’s his show, after all.30 Oct 2016 18:03:04 -0400http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_does_not_want_suns_players_following_opponents_on_social_media/s1_127_22273879
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_does_not_want_suns_players_following_opponents_on_social_media/s1_127_22273879Suns coach doesn't want players following opponents on Twitterhttp://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/earl_watson_does_not_want_suns_players_following_opponents_on_social_media/s1_127_22273879http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/5/152395096de6740deb0fcf735a38d7104f42523e/top_story/9593343.jpgReport: Suns to name Earl Watson permanent head coachBless the Phoenix Suns for allowing Earl Watson to shed his interim cocoon and blossom into the majestic full-time coaching butterfly he is inside.
According to a report by Jude LaCava of FOX10Phoenix.com on Tuesday, the Suns are set to remove the interim tag from Watson and name him their permanent head coach.
Sources inside the Suns inform me that the interim tag will be removed and Earl Watson will be the next head coach of the Suns #nba
— Jude LaCava (@judefox10) April 19, 2016
Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical adds that a multiyear deal has indeed been finalized.
The Phoenix Suns have finalized a multi-year deal to make Earl Watson the franchise's head coach, league source tells @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) April 19, 2016
Watson, 36, ascended to the position after Jeff Hornacek was fired at the beginning of February. The Suns went 9-24 the rest of the way under Watson’s guidance, but a bubonic plague of injuries and enormous internal turmoil were largely to blame for t19 Apr 2016 15:36:24 -0400http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/report_suns_to_name_earl_watson_permanent_head_coach/s1_127_20731660
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/report_suns_to_name_earl_watson_permanent_head_coach/s1_127_20731660Report: Suns to name Earl Watson permanent head coachhttp://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/report_suns_to_name_earl_watson_permanent_head_coach/s1_127_20731660http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/c/3cdc80ba47aac2cae8eae10a43f6db0f14296832/top_story/GettyImages-519409826.jpgWatson Filed For Divorce Wife Or NotAccording to a report on TMZ, Earl Watson, an NBA guard I have never heard of until right now who played for the Indiana Pacers last season, filed for divorce last week from his actress wife, Jennifer Freeman (apparently, she was on that critically-acclaimed Wayans brother vehicle, My Wife and Kids), after he alleged that [...]12 Aug 2010 09:20:44 -0400http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/nba_player_earl_watson_filed_for_divorce_from_possibly_cannibalistic_wifeor_didnt/s1_8061_3037726
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